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The paranoid schizophrenic was held by immigration authorities at the end of a prison sentence in 2006 ready for deportation until June 2011 when the High Court ordered his release and compensation.

Since then he has had three spells behind bars waiting to be deported, taking the total time in detention to seven years and two months – one of the longest cases of being held without trial or charge in UK legal history.

Ukip’s migration spokesman Steven Woolfe said: “It would appear this man is using public money to fund his drug habit thanks to the Home Office.”